Halter-trimming



( Model.)

. DEMINGQ HALTER TRIMMING.

No. 334,755. Patented Jan. 26, 1886 a a I1 N. PETERS, Halo-Lithographer, wumn wn, D. c.

UNITED ST TES PATENT Fries.

ERNEST DEMING, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

HALTER-TRIMMING.

PECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,755, dated January 26, 1886.

Application filed November 23, 1885. Serial No. 183,600. (No model.)

1' all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST DEMING, of

' Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new 1mprovement in Halters; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective View of the halter complete; Fig. 2, a face View of the anglepiece detached, also showing the method of introducing the strap, enlarged; Fig. 3, the angle-piece with the strap interlaced, enlarged; Fig. 4, a section cutting through the frame on the horizontal line (I of Fig. 2.

This invention relates to an improvementin that class of halters for horses which consist of side straps extending over the head behind the ears, connected over the nose with a throatlatch and chin-strap, and particularly to that class in which the side and nose straps are made in one continuous piece, the invention relating specially to the construction of the angle-piece, whereby the strap is turned at rightangles at the junction of the nose and side straps, the object being to make that anglepiece small, light, and yet of ample strength; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

The angle'piece consists of a frame in which are formed two slots, A B, at substantially right angles to each other. From the inner angle extends a bar, 0, at an angle of about forty-five degrees to each of the slots A B. The length of this bar C is little greater than that of the length of the slots, and at its extreme end is a ring or loop, D. The outer bar a of the slot A and the outer bar I) of the slot B are raised or thrown outward from the plane of the inner bar of the same slot, and as seen in Fig. 4. This completes the angle-piece. It maybe struck from sheet metal, the ring secured by turning the outer end of the bar C around it; or it may be made in malleable iron or other suitable metal.

The strap from which the body of the halter to heads of different sizes.

that the angle-piece will come at opposite points on the cheeks and the ends of the strap meet above on one side, Where they are adjustably secured by a buckle, G, such adj ustment permitting the adaptation of the halter It will be understood, also, that the strap is adjustable through the angle-piece, to shorten or lengthen the nose-piece, as may be required.

The rings Dare provided for the adjustment of the chin-piece H.

This construction of angle-piece employs the minimum quantity of metal, is very light, yet strong. The strap is easily introduced or adjusted, and permits the employment of a strap in a continuous piece to form the body of the halter.

I claim 1. The herein-described angle-piece for a halter, consisting of a frame constructed with slots A B at substantially right angles to each other, with a bar, 0, extending from theinner angle and at an angle of substantially fortyfive degrees to each of the said slots A B, the

said bar terminating in a loop, D, substantially as described. 2. The herein-described angle-piece'for a halter, consisting of a frame constructed with slots A B at substantially right angles to each other, with a bar, C, extending from the inner angle and at an angle ofsubstantially forty-five degrees to each of the said slots A B, the said bar terminating in a loop, D, the outer bars, a b, of the slots A B thrown outward from the plane of the frame and bar C, substantially as described.

ERNEST DEMING.

\Vitnesses: V O. R. WOODWARD, F. B. HARRIS. 

